Hillside vs Ruby

A side-by-side comparison of Hillside and Ruby: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillside and Ruby are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruby has the higher population (1,147 vs 889 in Hillside). Hillside has the higher median household income ($147,802 vs $101,588 in Ruby). Hillside has the higher median home value ($444,600 vs $280,600 in Ruby).

Population, income & housing

	Hillside	Ruby
Population	889	1,147
Median age	48.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$147,802	$101,588
Median home value	$444,600	$280,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	387	456
Homeownership rate	93.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillside	Ruby
Population	856 → 889 (+3.9%)	719 → 1,147 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$84,412 → $147,802 (+75.1%)	$62,656 → $101,588 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $444,600 (+52.9%)	$241,000 → $280,600 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,434 → $1,125 (-21.5%)

Hillside

Population

856889

Median household income

$84,412$147,802

Median home value

$290,800$444,600

Ruby

Population

7191,147

Median household income

$62,656$101,588

Median home value

$241,000$280,600

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillside	Ruby
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	24.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	1.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	7.7%
75 and over	11.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillside	Ruby
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	68.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillside	Ruby
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	20.9%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillside	Ruby
Drove alone	84.1%	88.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillside	Ruby
1-unit, detached	98.4%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Hillside	Ruby
Poverty rate	3.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1966	1977